New to Lemmy. A privacy advocate. Interested in number theory.

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Joined 1 year ago
Cake day: July 17th, 2023
  • SakitoMonero•This is how it's done. Use their own weapons against them.English
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    7 months ago

    Generally, votes are overrated. Especially if you’re not mainstream, by definition most people won’t support you, won’t agree with you, won’t understand you.

    Some things may be downvoted because they’re too stupid. But occasionally, you might be downvoted simply because you’re a bit too early. Like, if you’d said “being gay is not crime” or something 50 years ago, you might have got downvoted… Just a thought.

  • SakitoMonero•Proposal for peer-to-peer trading room on Matrix with no KYC and no trade feesEnglish
    1·
    7 months ago

    Maybe what you’re thinking is like an XMR version of Bisq’s “Get your first BTC” room?

    https://bisq.wiki/Getting_your_first_BTC This dilemma is real and understandable, while it’s not clear what would be the best solution:

    For new users, Bisq requires between 0.002 and 0.007 BTC for traders to make their first trade: […] It can be difficult for new bitcoiners to acquire their first coins, so this requirement is often a barrier for new Bisq users. The Get your first BTC room offers one possible way to get this initial bitcoin without signing up for a centralized exchange.

    Basically the same thing for Haveno, I guess.

  • SakitoPrivacy Guides@lemmy.one•What are some good private email service?English
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    1 year ago

    If you share (upload) your secret key, that is. A seasoned PGP users would never even imagine that.

    Another related problem is, Proton assumes that it’s supposed to automatically decode a PGP encrypted text by itself, and as such, if a classical PGP/GPG text (manually encoded/decoded offline) is received, it will show an error message saying basically they don’t have a key to decode it. This is annoying but harmless; you can still manually decode it offline.

    That being said, I’d highly recommend Proton and Tuta if anyone is still using Gmail. If you’re a classical PGP user, maybe Tuta is more convenient because it doesn’t try to decode anything by itself. If you’re not so privacy-aware, thinking that sharing your secret key with a third party is fine, then Proton is more convenient because it will automatically decode a PGP message you received, for you.

  • SakiOPMtoprivacy•Digital Privacy at the U.S. Border: Protecting the Data On Your DevicesEnglish
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    1 year ago

    You’re welcome, just sharing a link, though.

    While these EFF guides are helpful and all, the root of the problem is, why do we have to go through this in the first place. It’s normal & understandable that one has to go through passport control at an international airport, but why would they have to tell the officer(s) their social media nick, login, and password?! That’s a way too much, an unnecessary invasion of privacy imho…

  • SakitoMeta•How tf did I become mod at /c/homesteading?English
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    1 year ago

    Ah, okay. While generally a mod status itself may be nothing to worry about, “mod for homesteading“ may not look cool on your profile, depending on your life style, philosophy, etc. (You might have liked it if it were a mod for, like, [email protected])

    Guess it would be more reasonable and less confusing if one became a mod only after they were appointed and agreed. Thanks for the good feedback, that makes sense!

  • SakitoMeta•How tf did I become mod at /c/homesteading?English
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    1 year ago

    Maybe you can check this yourself now: a power user like someone who is already a mod got some additional menu items in “More…” under each post, which includes “Appoint as moderator”. So basically, they can appoint a random poster as a mod if they want to.

    A similar thing had happened to me elsewhere and I too wondered when, why and from where this status came 😕
    but practically it’s mostly like just an honorary title. So far the only time when being a mod ever actually mattered was, when someone cross-posted an ad massively and several users sent reports, saying it was spam and should be removed. Such a problem is very rare in a small community so maybe you don’t need to worry about it… It simply means, someone somehow judged, reasonably or otherwise, that you were a trustworthy user.
    Technically, if you’d like to, you can use your new power to appoint another mod so you may not be alone :)

  • SakitoMonero•Monero Gift PrintableEnglish
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    1 year ago

    The concept may be lovely, but the fact is, many people nowadays have been Pavlov’ed to immediately ignore anything weird that says, “Congratulations! You got some money. Visit this URL and input something.” As they say, the Cake is a lie…

    Monero could be a wonderful gift to a friend of yours if they’re especially interested in privacy (in that case, you might want to talk to them privately, and perhaps recommend a better wallet). Otherwise, it may be kind of like casting pearls before swine…

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